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Issue: Vol. 5601 No. 1: 6 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.2
Page range: 46-62
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of the genus, Turanogryllus Tarbinsky, 1940 from India with re-description of T. pakistanus with data on acoustic signals (Grylloidea: Gryllidae: Gryllinae)

Department of Zoology; School of Bioengineering and Biosciences; Lovely Professional University; Phagwara; Punjab; 144411; India
Department of Zoology; School of Bioengineering and Biosciences; Lovely Professional University; Phagwara; Punjab; 144411; India
Department of Entomology; College of Agriculture; Baytu; Agriculture University; Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 344034; India
Department of Entomology; Rajasthan College of Agriculture; MPUAT; Udaipur (Rajasthan) 313001; India
Department of Zoology; Panjab University; Chandigarh 160014; India
Orthoptera Turanogryllus genitalia acoustic signal pandajhirensis India

Abstract

The genus Turanogryllus of the family Gryllidae was described by Tarbinsky, 1940 based on its unique morphological features. A total of 38 valid species are known from across the world; of these, 19 species have been reported from the Indian Subcontinent. We describe a new species, Turanogryllus pandajhirensis sp. nov. with detailed characters of males and females and redescribe Turanogryllus pakistanus Ghouri & Ahmad, 1959 by emending characters. We provide high resolution images of the species. In addition, we document acoustic signal features of both species.

 

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